Cosmic Trading System

"Huh?"

The spiritual energy needed to upgrade from a four-tier lower mental strength to a four-tier middle mental strength was no less than what Lin Yun had used to upgrade his mental strength from three-tier to four-tier. However, because Lin Yun's mental strength had already reached four-tier lower, his absorption and fusion of external spiritual energy had become faster.

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Within just half an hour, Lin Yun's mental strength had risen to a four-tier middle. Just at that moment, Lin Yun had discovered something and couldn't help but be intrigued.

"Innate Realm allows one to communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, to harmonize the spiritual energy of the outside world with the internal energy in one's body. It seems that mental strength plays a significant role in this. When my mental strength was still at four-tier lower, this wasn't apparent.

Now, with my mental strength having reached four-tier middle, the difference is very clear..."

Lin Yun thought to himself.

Because his current martial arts realm didn't stand high and the level of his internal strength wasn't high either, his efficiency of tuning into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth wasn't great. Just like a high-salary position or a good environment that can attract top talents, or just like a beauty or a handsome hulk could draw better matches.

But if you were an ugly woman who was dumpy and impoverished, your attractiveness would drastically plummet.

However, one couldn't deny that some people did have peculiar tastes. A handsome man could fall for an ugly woman. Just as a high-level talent choosing to work in a place with low salaries and poor treatment.

It was just a matter of probability.

Lin Yun's situation was somewhat similar. His mental strength had reached the level that allowed him to tune in to the spirituality of heaven and earth, but his martial arts realm was too low to enable him to reach and absorb much spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

Nevertheless, he could still communicate with and absorb a bit of the spiritual energy. Because of these spiritual energies, the internal energy inside Lin Yun's body began to bubble rapidly, increasing swiftly.

"Boom!"

A few minutes later, Lin Yun's body shook. The internal energy within him overcame a bottleneck, entering a new trajectory and the quality of this energy even started to rapidly improve during this process.

"Late Dark Strength Stage..."

Lin Yun was dumbstruck.

This truly was a buy-one-get-one-free kind of advance. Earlier, when his mental strength had been upgraded to four-tier, his martial technique had also broken through. Now that his mental strength had reached four-tier middle, his martial arts realm had also broken through.

Well, it had broken through. So what...

Lin Yun thought to himself.

He hadn't consciously striven for a breakthrough to a higher realm recently, but he also hadn't kept himself from it. He preferred to go with the flow. Now that he had broken through to the late Dark Strength stage, he would hasten his practice on martial techniques!

To strive and solidify his martial arts foundation at the Dark Strength Realm.

Huff - Huff - Huff -

Lin Yun closed his eyes, feeling the changes that came with the upgrade of the martial arts realm.

Half an hour later, changes within Lin Yun's body began to weaken. He opened his eyes and started practicing one set of martial techniques after another, familiarizing himself with his current strength while trying to hasten the slowing upgrade speed.

"My current strength should allow me to compete with fighters at the peak of Huajin realm. Even, marginally, fighters at the peak of Huajin are no match for me..."

An hour later, when the improvement in Lin Yun's physical condition had completely stopped, he also ceased practicing and started to ponder thoughtfully.

Not just because his martial arts realm had upgraded.

Earlier, his mental strength stood at only a three-tier low which was even less than the mental strength of Huajin mid-stage warriors if classified into tiers. Of course, the mental strength of a martial artist generally experiences a significant upgrade only after reaching the Innate Realm, and many Huajin warriors didn't even have a two-tier mental strength.

But such was the general comparison.

Now, Lin Yun's mental strength had drastically increased.

Upgraded by one major realm and another minor tier, it had reached the level of Innate mid-stage warriors. Just this mental strength exerted significant pressure on Huajin warrior.

This was why Lin Yun thought that a standard peak Huajin warrior was no match for him.

"Lin Yu, suppress your strength to the peak of Huajin realm and let's spar."

With that thought, Lin Yun lifted his head, looked at Lin Yu, and smiled.

"Yes, master." Lin Yu nodded, very honestly suppressing his realm to the peak of Huajin.

"Bang - Bang - Bang -"

The two began to cross hands, with Lin Yun using all his techniques.

"Master, your current strength is already similar to an average martial artist at the peak of Huajin. I don't have mental strength, so your mental strength can't affect me. If you used your mental strength to suppress me further, no average martial artist at the peak of Huajin should be your match..."

About ten minutes later, the two stopped, and Lin Yu analyzed.

"Sure enough, a martial artist at the peak of Huajin is no longer a match for me." Lin Yun nodded.

"Mental strength plays a significant role, that's undoubtable. I feel that just from this exchange with Lin Yu, I've gleaned a lot about grand mastery martial arts. And if I were to elevate my mental strength to the high fourth tier..."

At that moment, a thought crossed Lin Yun's mind again.

After a few hours, he was certain that promoting his mental strength to a higher level would only benefit his understanding of martial arts techniques, without any harm.

His only concern was that his accelerated inner strength cultivation might result in an unstable foundation. Still, the Cosmic Trading System sold Pellets for purifying internal energy. As long as he consumed some, there would be no problem.

He just needed to learn more martial arts skills and deeply imprint these skills onto every single molecule in his body, deepening his understanding of every realm of martial arts.

"Hm? Someone's coming?"

However, just then, Lin Yun received information from the detection device inside Qingyun Building. Lin Yun lifted his head, whispering softly.

At the same time, Lin Yu also looked up into the distance.

The other party moved quickly, and he could sense it.

"You are Lin Yun, the boss of Qingyun Company? Hehe, is life so leisurely for you? You're sitting here enjoying the breeze. The environment here in India is so poor, how about we go to the American Empire instead?" A projection of a blonde, blue-eyed middle-aged man appeared not far from Lin Yun. He was standing several hundred meters away from them, aboard a flying vehicle, laughing.

"Your Chinese is good, but sadly, your strength is not. If this is all the strength you possess, I'm afraid you will be disappointed." Lin Yun said indifferently.

The detection device inside Qingyun Building had already ascertained that the other party's strength was only equivalent to an Innate expert in the Huaxia Wulin. The other party didn't practice martial arts but magic. To put it in Earth terms, the other party was a superpower.

Magic was dependent on mental strength; the other party followed a spiritual path.

"Is that so? I'd like to see just how strong Qingyun Company is!" The other party said fluently.

"Boom -"

In the next moment, a huge fireball appeared out of nowhere. It was so scorching hot that it was the size of a room. At the same time, a Wind Dragon also appeared out of thin air. With a roar, a strong aura was released.

The Wind Dragon was carrying the fireball and quickly flying towards Lin Yun. The fire and wind borrowed each other's power, collectively increasing their might.

"So it is two level four peak magicians. No wonder you're so confident..." Lin Yun, squinted his eyes at the scene, speaking in a low voice.

Level four peak magicians were equivalent to martial artists at the Innate Peak. These two level four peak magicians were complementing each other's magic, and attacking together, their strength increased. Lin Yun estimated that they could lightly contend with level five beginner magicians.

Beginner level five magicians were on the same grade as Golden Core beginner martial artists. Although they were not as strong as Golden Core beginner martial artists, Lin Tian wasn't a real Golden Core martial artist, but a robot with the strength of a Golden Core beginner martial artist.

Lin Tian's strength was a bit weaker than that of a true Golden Core beginner martial artist. Additionally, with the issue of energy consumption, it was not clear who would win or lose if a real fight broke out.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The American Empire actually had such experts; no wonder they always had the upper hand against Huaxia in the international arena. No wonder they were so confident.

It was no surprise to Lin Yun that the other party knew he had a robot like Lin Tian by his side. However, if they thought that he only had a robot like Lin Tian by his side, they were very much mistaken.